routedereuil, Those probably ARE the brilliant work of a merchandiser. We have to do similar (albeit, not as fantastic as the ones posted) ones for our store (not Anthropologie), though.

Thanks for posting these! I’d love to own such a lovely sculpture ;)

Well… I guess good artwork should always instigate discussion! I do understand the arguments put forward here… however, I must agree with Leigh and Ann… I don’t think ‘destroying’ is really a fair or accurate description of Nicholas’ use of these books! I would say Nicholas breathes new life into these books, and gives us a new way to appreciate and respond to them. Nicholas has received a large quantity of books from Melbourne University library that were bound for the bin. He also has friends who create new notebooks and journals using vintage book covers. They remove the inside pages from vintage books and pass these onto Nicholas to use in his work.

ps) Grace I bought the one in the second photo you selected! we must have similar taste… :)